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    . =: ¦ _ . w ^ p-a-STEB , _ .: ^ S \ j CONGRATULATORY MEETING . ON THE ; LIBERATION ' dF JAMES BRONTERRE ' O'BRIEN , ESQ . FROM TYRANNIC WHIG ; IMPRISONiLEXr IN LANCASTiH CAS " - , TLE . . ¦ . . . j As Friday last wss-the termination of Mr . Brcnterre ' O'Brien ' s eighteen month ' s incarceration , ths friends of 1 the rteopls " in Lancaster , and the admirers of a pa- bio : ¦• - " . _ - ! " Who dares be fcocest-in Uie worst of times" i

    resolved apoa , giving a public demonstration of the , greiefal feelings titv entertain towards b ' . n for the nctle services -wli-cb he his " rendered to the cause of fcuinojiity aaltreedoi , as well as to testify to him how ' deeply their hearts syiap 3 thlso "with him in the roff Jr- ] ingi rjid wrongs which he his endured . Mr . Pilling ' s ' Et > Iendid room was CEijaged for the occasion , in which , prt ~" nn »] f to ths' njore important busi : ; e&s of the day ' teli ; » tone into , abont a hundred of both sexes ef the '

    inciiitriocs classes partook of tea , io . At halfpast scTen o ' clock , ilr . OvBrien entered the ream , aec ' vispasisd by a nuaabrr of friends , "who , -with hinds trilling to labour for their livelihood , have hearts dettrraned upon having these rights -which ihe commands of G-od , as ¦ well &s the dictates o : reason ,-alike detlare cn £ ht never to have been -wrested from their possession . On Mr- O'Briea' 3 stepping" upon the platform hs was greeted with lord clapping cf hands , which lasted for a considerable time . Lancasterbeic oeic

    Mr . J . T . Lund , of , ; unanimously 2 > Ir . J . 1 . LUND , 01 . Lancaster , g unamrnouEiy , call ^ l to the chair , briefly opened the proceedings . * He ssii they hrti on thit evening ifltt to congratulate [ a gentleman , "who w ^ s sec 9 nd to none in the caus e of husiisiry , upon his liberation from a long and infamous ; isypriscEiueaL He hoped that those present , to -s-hat- ever p ^ rty in polices they migi . belong , "would pay attention to what might be said—that they -would re-£ ict upon "what they heard ; and not be difp-osed to ;

    ! { Applause and laughter . ) The Attorney-General did ; not tell the Jury that the Government there had advised tbe people to arm . But still , if , i eay , they have a right to- arm , a man must keep bis anna at home , j unless "when opposed to tyrants should he ever be i threatened to be invaded by them : for it is the duty i then of every man to carry his musket out of his house ; ¦ whe n called upon , to drive his enemies oat of the ; country . That is what I call sound constitutional doc-

    receive any thing vrLich might appear extraordinary < Jan ^ eroos and \ rroag upon the mire ipss cllsril cf those j "who -were enemies to the rights of the people . ' ; Mr . jAii £ 5 iLrwsox rose to move ths first rasolu-. tics ; hs said he perfect : ; a yv . esced in tLe sentiments embodied in it . . > jit Jo 3 X Paxkissok seconded the resolution , trhlci this carried amidst the most enthusiastic acelair-aliacs , and clapping of binds . li Tfe&t , in the opinita of tiiis meeting , the practice of persecuting men for their political principles is not cnlV inconsistent with jastica , but a manifestation of the * worst species of tyranny ; -we , therefore , hail with delight the liberation of Mr . Brontene 0 Brien , from & cruel and unjust imprisonment of eighteen months ,. for advocating- the rights of the poor and unrepresented part of the people oi this country . "

    J . B . O'Bsix >" , Esq ., then came forward , when the cheering was loug EJid loudly resumed . He said , my good friends of Lancaster , I am extremely sorry that upon t h i « occasion I feel so physically weak as to be enable te d » you and myself that justice which your kindness to me entitles from ins at your hands . I return you ray mest Eincere thanks for the honour you have paid to me ; and it delights me to behold the sympathy wbitb , through me , you have shown for the public cause . Torrr presence here to night fully convinces me that political knowledge has penetrated the verting classes even ef Lancaster : and thai the threats for you to absent yourselves have been thrown away by your employers . ( Applause .: It is a true gratification to ma to see so irreat a body of hoDe > t men and women

    ready , in spite of them , to do this great act of public justice . I * am not vaia ecoush to suppose that it is merely to do me all possible honour that you are here to-nichi- I cannot think so vainly of myself , and I "will sot think so meanly of you . I fe ^ l that you are present to-night to tell the Government tha : instead of having your support of their reoent recreant conduct , they have your atqtalified undisguised , detestation of their eppres-Eive proceedings . i Cheers . ; Many of you - may be ignorant of the real circumstau&es "why myself and others baye undergone imprisonment during tie last two years . I will tell yea what mine was for , and it will then t « lot you to say if you eves heard of so atrocious a piece of injustice before . I was incarcerated eighteen months on the felon ' s side of Lancaster

    Castle ; having bten accused of having mace a good speech . ( Cries of Sfcame and laughter . ) In tho body of the indictment -were set forth sundry charges against ns . But it -was for nothing mow than appearing before an assemblage of my countrymen a > Manchester by ixviiaHon , precisely in the same manner as I appear before y * u on the present occasion : so that if they "were conspirators then , you are conspirators now ; and if I -were a censpinner then , bo am I now ; for I am here again , as yen sae , in precisely the same capacity as I was then : as that mtetine , in its character , - was literally and identically the same as your own . The Sentiments which I shall deliver to-night , are exactly those "W ' sieh I delivered then : for cone Ehall escape from me this evenly which are not in strict Eccorfance

    vrlth those for which I was imprisoned . < Cheers ) From the framing of that indictment many have been taught to believe * that I w ^ as tried for something like a Cato-strset plot—for something dona in the dark—for some secret diabolical act , where the magistrates- could not coaie to take cogB ? ivnce of it . Aye , and if the Government of the country , aEd the magistrates of Lancashire could rrain lay hold of ma to-morrow , upon the same fabricated pretest of having made a speech in Lancaster tending to rouse you , its loyal inhabitants , to routs , r iots , tTitiiults , insurrection , and rebellion against the pttee of our Sovereign Lady tha Queen , as the big-beaded lawyer said isush being some of the ¦ words in tbeinJictment * . thty would most gladly do ec- Neither do I doubt that they -would have any

    dimeulty in finning twelve of fee shopocracy ready to find me ¦ guilty upon the testimony of a poor reporter ; -who , apon the trial cosfessed to me , that h-j \ ras only learning reporting . ( Laughter . ) T « ow it is a very curious thing thit it never occurred to this bigbeaded lawyer , -who has £ 2060 a year for prosecuting the people , that I have addressed upwards of two nillions of my countrymen , at meetings consisting of iroin 50 to 100 , 000 , -without either rout , riot , tumult , insurrection , or rebellion against the peace of our Sovereign Lady the Qaecn being produced amongst them , and ¦ wi&out the least tendency to any suth s , thing likely to be produced . To judge of a man ' s acts ought to be from the tendency which arises from them , ( Hear , hear , hear . ) If no breach of tbe peace did take place ; if every meeting -was as quiet and peaceabla as any that ever "was beld -within four -walls ; if those present sanctioned every sentiment which I uttered ; if I appeared there only at their own request ; is it not monstrous

    that a croTTn lawyer , iiving on the taxes wrung frqm the Deople -without their consent , should make me a conspirator np-a the evidence of a silly Whi ^ reporter bronzing to a " silly Whig newspaper ? That this fellow , "who -wss " a notorious Whig hack , should have been ' allowed to hrre given evidence against me : that of six ¦ thousand -Dersons resdy to have co ~ s forward to depose . to -what I uttered should go for netting—that this con- , temptible fellow sbouljl point out a conspirator against ths * Qui £ s , her crown and dignity , in diitit opposition to that -wjr . ch actually took place : If this is the re- "Ward for fighting the battles of your rights and libsrties j for so masy months , is it to be wondered-at by your enemies that you should feel for those who , on that account , hsve been imprisoned fcr so mary months , ( Ciseersj Let me tell yc > n the character of my speeches , even LccordiEg to the evidence of thi 3 Whig reporter , lather than reply to them to-night . Ths doctrins which I laid do-wn -was |

    Thst eyerj t"V has ^ s good 3 right as every other / ms . n to the protection cl the state in irhich he lives , ' asd of which he forms 3 psrt ' < That every member of a cominn-iity colled upon to ) psy taxes to a state , becomes rightfully entitled to . his , fchire cf equal protection from that st ^ t- ? . . , That every man , called upon to obey a lavr , has a ; right to have a voles in r . ' . ikiEg that la-w . . Tnat every man , who paid taxsa to support a Government , should fcaTe a share in farming that Government . : Above all—That if aay cl ^ sr if eta ouftd to "be excluded from " privileges , it on ^ ht r . ct to be ths ci ^ rs more useful than . ail the rest . ( Vehement dappirg cf hauas . )

    Such sre the docbrir-ss which Ia 4 vocat < d at Manchester , and such are ths doctrines which I contend for here ; for Dot only is its class of the people the most u ^ &ful , but ten times the most rcmiTC-us . Then -srhy should that class ( the useful and EEmerous in ell countries be prevented , by the idk and few , from forming a portion of ths Government which they labour to support , and of assisting in framir ^ the nature of the la-ws bj -n-hicii they are to be governed / Loud clapping of hancs . ¦ RHo is it , I ask , who builds the bridges , cuts tii « canals , lays the nilwsy ? , forms the roads , raises the houses , p . ' outs the garden , rears the flower , sows the seed , rea ? 3 the field , mins tee navy , recruits the amy , and ng ' his the battles cf cor country , but the peop ' le—the poor sensed , despised , degraded people . Yet , for a . IvoeuLcg their rights , the fcnsvs cf a Whh reporter s * rore thit I "was aclvocating rcu-j , nets , tumults , insurrectica and rebellion , agaisst lie ptacv of our soTcrign lauy the Qa ^ n , her Cro ^ ra a ^ d ci ^^ ity to

    but Bcthitg cf the kind -was lik ^ y cccur , any ; niora t" ^ it is tow . There ia one thin ^ -which has i s ; m-:-thing extremely contemptible about it . It Ls tha ; pretext of -which the" Governaaent availed themselTes , ¦ in their Drcecution of me , " li " ^ said ihr . t my j speeches were seditious and violent—that I advised the ; people to arm ; but I -was no party concerned ia such i advice , if a&y suck \ iras ever given to them by others , i ¦ Rnt u *•/> arm ' ms—the Ecoundrel -who gave evidence , Bat as to arming—the Ecoundrel -who gave eviience

    . acdloid ' 8 income , by tu ^ litLC-cLvtion i-iice ( niiuufactored 2 iuu « , -wUlbs iucicii . t . d ten-fold . It is ths fame -with other articles in Birm . iigh . ini , Scefield , and other plices ; so that coiouly is the income of ilso 1 Jandisrds , but also that of the fusdiords iEcv-. i . sed—as ; taxes have likewise increased ; the more you , the pto- ; ducers , have to pay , co ££ -. q . i-viHiy the poorer you must j become . The iundhoider h . ts s ni <; au-rantago over j the landlord , sot only m to his income i&creo-,

    ccvisst me , forget to teU the jnry tka ; , for two . years previous , ihe comitry bad become familiar with th& notion of arming ; for Qastler , Stephens , ind O'Connor , bad BtMed that to arm Vas the people ' s constitutional right that the time had come , when they vould be called upon to prelect life and property ; but they sever advised them to arm to desire . ; life and property , They merely said " We are menacsu by tyranny ; it is tight , therefore , that every mau ia England should arm'in tell defence ; ths law of lir §\ asd entities him tobave aims for that purpose ; and for U : at purpose the law of England compelled him to have them , when the ConstifcuUcn "wu much more pure than it is now

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    James Bronterre O'Brien never < Bd advise we -people to arm . I was much more anxious to fill their minds with political knowledge ; bat I did not toll them not to arm . In such matters I wes hut a silent spectator of what -was advised by other of thsir leaders , Thai charge should have been brought agakfflt ^ Lord John Russell . For vhen he found tfeat-Be "was peaked at ' by the millions— -when ha foend the House of Commoas luet-with most indignmt feelings by a bridge of tha pecple's petitions—irbea- 'he found thai tha people * ould net be put down by proclamations ^—( for proclamations are sot law )—he commenced a system of persecution , he commenced a system of spying , and sending persons into their bouses in search of arms ,

    which was certain to make them , desperate ; ha also called npon the-Lord Lieatenants of the comities to issue their rescripts / and call npon certain of : the inhiiitaats to-ann to defend life Red property ; and lie would fiurt them with arms . Mind , if Lord John Hussell had then advised them to arm ; every man hai a right to ami—for noman has more right to do so than another . I hope that there is not a man nor a woman in this room , wbo -will not be ready to sacrifice life and limb before any class of men in . this country shall have the exclusive right of armteg . I knew that it was every man s right to have arms to defend life and property , and I knew that that was the law -when I saw Lor ^ l John Russell mit ' iDg these invitations to those certain classes to arm ; making no such invitation to another class more useful and numerous^—telling them that he would flud them with arms for that purpose , although they had the least likelihood to get tiern . When I found out this ' dodge , ' as they S 3 y in Lancaster Castle—( laughter ;—I -worked a dodgo anotb « r way . I issued my rescript to the principal inhabitacts , but there was this difference between us—he meant his to the drones , I meant mine to the bees .

    tnne—ia * voice , m the crowd , so do 1 ); — and bere am I , after an eighteen n ; ocths' imprisonment , for its

    advocacy , ready to advocate the same doctrine a ^ aiu . ; ( Loud clapping of hands . ) " But , O ' . " cries the Whig j spy , " Mr . O'Briea " 8 language-was sufficient to alarm ; her Majesty '* peaceable snhjects- ( The tone of voice ' _ ^* ¦__ «* » . . . _^ 1 ____ J . _ 1 _ - _ _ M i iwhich roats of

    it is for tho scoundrel lucr . ey-mongers to say " you shall have no voice in the legislation , because you have no property . " That beats Sannagan , as Binnagau beats tbe devil . iC&eers and laughter . ; The rigbt of ? Vrt VK rt * - »» V ^ n 4-n - * ws ~\ f r \ m ^ n iinilf 4 n « 4 T ** £ l \* An + ¦ \\ " \ ^ 1 p k 4 T /\ 4 fr « the people to vote is admittedbut then tha Govern

    ; ; , ' ; ' , j , _ * ^ i n ' peaceable' was pronounced produced Tlaughter . ) Nothing of tbe kiad ; I made them alias | merry as sky-larks . "Oh ! but you did alarm some j ' persons , "' they say . No doubt of it at & . 11—every ropie j ia the csuntry . ( Continued laughter . ) If a farmer goes ' out -with his guu loaded with powder and shot to drive j , away the rooks stealing his crop , is the farmer to j i whom the field belongs to drive away those rooks , or < , they are to drive away him—( universal laughter . ] ?—and i and if he knows how to do the former without aJarmiog j them , he is a . greit deal wiser man than I am . ( Be- \ ' ¦ cewed laughter . ) Well , then , if I did alarm any por' tion of her Majesty ' s subjects , it was ths worst portion . of them—that portion of them which should have been i long transported beyond the seas for the term of ¦ their natural lives . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Alarm ¦

    snch of her Msjesty ' s iubjects , indeed ! Have not i I as much right to alarm them , as they to make acts of \ i Parliament to alarm you ani me . I mentioned this to ' i the prosecutor , Mr . Dncdas .. and the judge , at Xew- j castle , and the counsel ; but as they did not ¦ succeed there , they sent me over to Liverpool , and from ; ; thence to Lancaster Castle , although no cne ever went away from any of ray speeches alarmed ; although no breach of the peace ever occurred at them , or followed j any of them—thsy -went away under the impression ' . that they had hesrd right principles , entitled to weight from every thinking man in the community . But Mr . ' ] Dandss , said I , if 1 did alarm a fow rogues , had I not as much right to make a speech to alarm tliem , as you ' , i have to make one to alarm me , for I never was so i

    alarmed in all niy life as I was by your opening speeches . Never was an article in the Times , against the Whig Government , when in Dowsing-street , the Whig Lord Chancellor , the ten Whig judges , or the three Whig ambassadors , without alarming them , — ( laughter , >—and still more would they hnve bren alarmed if they knew tli&t they -were to have beet taken up and prosecuted on a charge of wron % faliy p&cketticg the public money . Is it not mous ' roud then , thut such raen should have the power of making criminal ? -- of others , when they themselves should have been placed in the d ^ ck . It i 3 the same cise now ; there is ro difference between Whig and Tory . They hive made a law proclaiming trial by jury , and that no man shall be tiled bu : by a jury of his peers ; and yet , by the law , keeping a -working i&an from Kiiig a

    : juror . They bad no right to make such a law ; I was ! aot tried by a jory of my pesrs ; but by a jury of that class , the tools of that odious and despised , ' administration , the members of which , during the last uiae years , have cast ints prison more of their fellow- i creatures than any other I was tried by twelve rich ; men ; not by those who toil , " neither do they toil , ' neither do they spin , " yet they make others for thorn ,, " ga- _ her into barns . " ( Applause . ) Now , njyfriends of S Lancaster , so long as the people have no - ?? ice in mak- ; i ing the laws , and no share ia administering the larrs . ' , So long as they hsve no power over the magistrates who j , deal out those laws , they never , never , nerer will , ' as a clas , be possessed of any proj > erty . In this country , Eu ^ and , Ireland , and Scotland , according , to the i census just taken , there are twentv-ssven millions of

    people . Ou » of these , there are full twenty millions i - whose pToptrty , -when gathertd tcjeti : er , after all their ; debts had been taken from it , would nst ltr . ve beyond i as mnox as would pay for a lawyer ' s wig . Now , if out i of these twenty-seven millions , twenty Eiiuicns make ! ail the properly , the devil ' s ia it if they have not been ' must egregioudy humbugged by soms one . iCheors and < laughter . ) Now , no one will be a beggar , if he c-in help ' ii ; no one will work for another if he can hi-lp it ; no j one will growpoorif hecanhelpit . The govtrninentsays j the people haye not sufficient knowledge to be entrusted j with poetical power . Tbe Scriptures Fay , " Tbe people j die because of theii want of knowledge , " How does tho ' British GwVariiineBt offer to teach the people ? By a j process of crooked -wajs . I wanted to make them ; ecaal to their rulers themselves by straightforward '

    ¦ . : ;¦ m'ians . My place , therefore , was in the Houie of ; ; Commons , amongst the " Honourable Gentlemen , " and ; i not in Lancaster Castle among thieves . ( Loud ckp-. gins of hands . ) I have referred to Acts of Pariiiment J I on political economy to see what the landed interest J Kderive from the land . Were I to offer to enter into , ' . details now , I should keep you four times twenty-four i ; hours . But if y < su will just go back for eighty years j you vrill find that rents were nut then one-fourth of J what they are now . At present the amount is sixty , millions . Tou will find , in like manner , that tha ! amount cf funded property has increased fourfold . ' . during the last forty years . The taxes in the eighty ' ' years have been quadrupled ; -whiist in the same period j i the fuaded debt ba 3 been seven times increased . The j

    ; i j : \ j i funded property increasing is only tbrongh the increase j of the produce of your labour—so also -with regard to rents ; for each is the abstraction of what should be ; your funds ; so with labour , your taxts increase , f « r " the GoTernment will then have more palaces for them- j selves , and mere soldiers to put you down , if , after 1 listening to their Si-Les ssiit out to cotrap you , ycu a . ta ' unfortunately led into uutrages , such * s at Bristol and | Nottingham , and iulo o ' . her ¦• riuti , tumults , insorreo i tiona , rebellions , " auu so forth . ( Applause- ) Then > ; Bgain , the more wealthy ti . j rich , so many more gamckeepers and tsuUrs do th ^ y kejp U > administer Boltly i i to their own gratif-cations aad sport . There are tight ¦ thousand keepers , eata computed to have two tenter 3 , 1 to secore that a ^ . ai 6 to the axist- ^ crdcy , -which -was

    formeny any bouj ' s property , and food for any body . God Almighty had given i ; as sucli . But the aria-. o- \ eracy made a law , sa v ing that no cue should fcill it but themselves ; aud they gave the ugly name cf " poacher " to any p ^ or fellow for merely doing that which ! Jk-v j did : h . under that epithet a poor fellow was brought up , . altucttgh in other respects he received the best ciiarac- ¦ ter that mau ever tot , as turs -s Qod msds Moses , the iiia ^ istiate . s TVwu " : d transport him . ( Luud ap- plause and laughter . ; Then , a ^ ain , there was the pre- ; veniiTe servic-o to i . ; ep the poor mau fr ^ m tas ( ii : g r . ' foreign luxury . Tiiu local rates have incruitsed f-jur ' times what they iii « d to be— -whilst less goss to the relief of ti . e i— ir , the rest goes to retain .. eisoas hLv . Z '• up hi wcirkhousjs , while , with ail his tx-. itioas , the- iab-iuriug itau : 3 daily becoming poorer . The land- ' lord fiTcs notLiig tia a quid pro quo . Hs dots not give you your malt : the soldiers are nut called out by

    ia tte of hiiii to defend ; cu , but ofteaer to Jbhootycu . ( Hear . / . As thi 1 . 5 . 3-1 i 3 limited in extent , ths landlord can : make - : wcat rent he likes ; he can gWe it uut in allot- ' ai ^ nts , taiing from the little farmers , -vihoiu Lc thus : C . A res ous of the country , to consoliJate several .-iasir oneo into one large one , and Miiall fAiiiiers aie tlius - sent into the towns to Cv ^ pelu wiih your lab . u :::- ^ manuiacturers , and this increases tho kudlcrds gr ^ i-3 rental , for , as Ux consejuc , ^ of hU Undiaj ihc $ . ha ' . i . \ fanners , and iheir sersjuik iulo ihe toicus , in Halovscrirg of wwjes , he mokes ma ; iufuc : un-i cfitapcr ; and linn he g ; Lsoul of that cheapened product of your U-. bnir , an ; ixcrmti to his income , by ohia . iir . tyi ihc s-jn . r qiui . JLLu of O ^ . ^ i for m uch less iiwitey , or a much : /; eacr quj . niUy for the same inoiuy , than he did forty jku ; s ago . Tuis uth < 3 case with u ; usiins and calicos , ijlks , and cottons . I : the farmer , ths ten . int , gives them the same rent , the

    aing , but also es to the value of that income , j In 1812 , if an individual held stock in the Threeper Cents , he could only get £ 60 for it ; but if he sold out tbe same stock now , he could get £ 00 for it , so that j he could £ < .- £ as liiuch nur . ey ana a half for ft . Bot j not only that , that money is increased twofold . Why ? because your labour h-is become cheaper , eo that be can i buy more of it for less money . This is property in- j croasfcd in one way , -vrfciist Government increases it in i auotkfer . Tbes « ire the things -which I want to show \ the couatry . I cannot enter into them new ; I am ; only Beating to you things into whiea , at eoine more farc-urable time I hope I shall bave an oppoi-i i . i ! I

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    tunity of entering folly into all tbe mtnutise . ( Hear . ) As machinery has increased , the Government , by . granting Acts of Parliament , Tjaa , increased canals , railreads , mines , and so forth , without the people having the slightest properly benefit in them . Would that have been , bad they had a share in making the laws ? No ! not for a moment As the land . ' oirds bwa the power of making la-ws , the statute luw is tbalaw of usurpation . They have also made the produce of the land smaller . Out of a farm of 500 ' acres , there is not so much produced as there used to be ont of one of fifty , which everybody knows . Large farmers employ as few bands as : passible :-, - # ad wiil tErow their Luat ! into pasture for beeveslT

    oxen , sheep , and bo forth- But if the 500 acreYartn was divided into smaller ones , more would necessarily be produced than-now , as more ' Bands -would be Employed in their cultivation ; continently there would be a greater demand for your labour ; und then you will have better opportunities of making more favourable terms for yourselves with your' employers . If a thousand persons 6 ut of Manchester , Bolton , oi Blackburn were on fawns ' , they would bs increasing food . Bat this chatice for them has been knocked ou the head by the monopolist , and this great evil ia increased by the money-monger . Speak of these tilings to the great lirmer , it is nothing to him : -through it , he supports his farm , for he aids in the great deadly competition in the towns ; and thus Will the evil continue increasing till you are completely ground down , which never could have taken place , if a portion of you bad been upon the kind . It is the interest of every man who ha 3 money to keep down him who Las noue ; and this will go on , so long as the people have no share in tho administration , producing riots , tumults , disturbances , insurrections , and rebellious , until the poor man ia as rotten as Mark Anthony . ( Hear . ) If 20 t men out cf employment go into a town , -where 200 men are employed boloneing to that tawa , wages always become lower , for they who have entered the town must consent to take under wages , before they who have money in thsir pockets wili engage them . Every man who owns nionoy has a deep-rooted interest in cheapening labour , consequently ia cheapening whatever laVi-jur can produce , auii why do you stand in this predicament ? It i 3 because you have no power ia making tha laws , that 50 U htvveno property . What a damning piece of impmfence then

    * * . .. , - ment says they have not intelligence enough to bo entrusted with that power . Why , from tho oppression of the laws you are left little enough to obtain food to eat , much le ^ s to bave any -wherewith to educate your children . \ Applause . ) But then if you bucorau posstssfcd cf a certain amount of property , however uneducated you are , you can vote . 1 dtuy ths right of property to qualify a man to vote . Ths most ignorant man amongst you hia intelligence enough to vote at an ejection . The right of property does not give it—a man knows his friend from his foe—he know 3 when he goes up to the poll for whom he intended to vote , and whether the name of Jem Thompson or Tom Styles is the most fit far tho ballot-box , tor

    • without any political knowledge he knows that one man is -Riser than another man . If your wife or child be ill , without having studied materia medka , or phurmacopaia , you find out a good doctor from a quack . In this town , though a stranger , I could soon fiud out the good lawyer from the bad one , and the good mister from the bad one . I cou ' . d soon get in a list of tho piach-p&upers , who would shave a mouse asleep and a cat a \ rake , a cow-headed hoe , ' " * a dtvil . ( Chetr 3 and laughter . ) Some of you could furnish mo with the li « t . You know who are tho clever w .: n . Now you think « iie clever among the Chartists ; but I am not so : but supposing I am , then you know mmiy things which I don't know ; yet if opposed to pinch paubor—a Poor-L 3 w scoundrel , you would choose me

    inst .-ad of him—not for my sake , but your own . You wo-M be great fools if you did not . As want of 1-i . ovrledge does not prevent you from finding out a ;? O ' -h 1 lioctor , the not knowing how to draw out Acts of i' -rlianient would not prevent you from selecting a «''~ Yer man as your representative . Tbe momtnt yon elect me for Lancaster , if you should do so , I will stand by you , ind would go up to the House and face those half hypocritical scoundrels who reject a Ten Hours ' Factory P . i' . l , and in thy next breath t «! l you to go to Cnurch an : l believe all that ths parson snys . ( Liughter . ) Then again look at those setting up to instruct th « country , Brougham , Birkbeck , ami Koight TLe

    docter talks about the increase of the capital of the country . He says . " the more the stock in the country , tho more the capital "—tho more means he should LavRsaid to increase the despots of the country . Ha tells thj 1- eopl- \ too , in a letter , when there i 3 a greater demand for labour than can be supplied , ; or them to go out of the labour , and turn capitalists . ' recommends men , who have not a penny to buy a red herring with , to turn capitalists ! ! ( Great langhtt-r . ) Anotberdissennnation of intelligence is the Penny Magseine , and w-Iiat daes that consist of ? How hiyh is the ball of St . Paul's in London , and how much higher is the dome of St . Peters at Rome— "whn . t'a th-3 extent of tbe Durish of

    Laguana in Jamaica—vrbiifsthedistar . ee from the base to the top of the Andes—what -wjw the difiVrecao between a camel and a dromedary : how the first had got two humps on its bwk , and the latter but one ? It stated how spiders had been lately discovered making diving bells in tha sea in fine weather—how the kangaroo hopped on its hind legs , and in time of danger took its young irto its paunch—how % caterjillar before changing had eighteen legs , but th : it -when it became r » butterfly it had only ten ; but with all the clevtrness of writers they enrnot discover what becomes of the other six . Now , is it not enough to make a qualcer kick his metier , or . i paraon swear like a trooper at such trumpery trash . ( IL' ^ rs oi laughter , ) And , this too , called ednc-itins tbe people . ( Hear . ) Why Chartism

    has only mada a partial -way in enlightening the people in true political knowledge , has been through want of union in the leaders . [ After having gone thus far at full length , necessity forces a general ' zUiun . ] Mr . O'Brien , in proceeding , stited that ho cokUI have been elected ct Newcastle by 11 . 000 against eiLher of the present ui ° mb ; rs if he had tho necessary qualification : that either of them just as mnch represented the men of Newcastle as ho did the Great Mogul . It was not till the reign of Hsnry VI . that any property qualification was intioducet ' . ; and there was never any going to the poll , unless the show of bands w ^ d bo nearly balance' ! that u preponderating majority cyuld not be dcteniiined on . and tken they went to tbe poll ; that was to count heads . As to Mr . Ord ( said Air . O'Brien ) ,

    although not a bad hearted mau , was ampiy cuf . rcni in the head . In the House he was called the silent member ; and , as Sir Hubert Peel had said of the late Chancellor , if he attempted ts look for brains , or ideas for a speech , he would find himself fishing in a bottomless sta of ( Uficieucy . There was ono most important poiut upou which Mr . O'Brien most anxiously dwelt , considering it the very life-breath of Chartism . He wanted four hundred of the best men in tho country to be elected aa the representatives -. then for them to moet in s .-iue central plac- ? , snch as Manchester , boin ^ v . sted with full plenipotentiary powers to act ua behalf of their body . They shall proceed with petitioDS to tho House of Conjinons as times should call forth . If live hundred thousand of the people

    wcu ; J then sUnd by ttem , they coulu £ p lt .-j : ^ ed bt ool , made of part of a gallows , and Ids c ll was t ^ s one iK which convicted murderers used to be y ' . aeed . He then asserted it was class legUhtion that waa tho country ' s bane . He was « ble to prove that under a just *¦;• stem of laws , such as the peop '; o ¦«¦ < uld make fi . r themselves , every man couh . get tl > e comforts of lifo by fair and

    ni-.- trate labour . He cricpluiued of monopolies , especially cf railre . ids , -which would bo a tax of ten per cent , upon the country . Since the proprietors were protected by Act of Parliament , oui > - certain persons were benefitted by them , li they v-ay the Companies t ? n per cent , they could have paid tha Government , and then all classes would have been btneiitted . Ho begged of to one to go away un- ^ er the imt ression that he wished to say or even to insinuate that thsy had a right , to take away a man ' s property , even by law . { Hear , hear . ) He advocated no AgTarir . msm . If he had the assisting in Ri- king l ^ s as to piop&rty the richest man in ths country should xemi ' m in bu ; :: siurbed possession of hi 3 wt-ahh : li : t > as r ^ oa a 3 his breath was out 0 Jhis body , thena : l his estate * , whether laud , fuaus , or bank stock , should be JrougLt into the market to be sold . His burs sherld get for the property what in the markt-t it

    \ 7 L .-uld br . ! :: ' ! hut . it . fthn nmr-dtfi' { i& .-lf c . V . ^ . ni . 1 rm *~ Veliki br .: ; ,: ; but it 1 tho property iUfclf should go to government . By liis plan every mau iu ths commuuity would be c- ^ fortable—no trich he would shew men how to get tread by honest means , witliuut grinding ihtir fellov--: a £ n down . He was willing to protest rbiCt thay who bave all the wealth , he cared not how disigr-atetl vhtthtr as mor . ty in the funds , bank stock , or whatever it might be caiied , ( though there was no such things in ancient times , for the Pope wuuid havo excortiauaicuttd the possessors for Uiuryj should keep it ; but ha si > ould not be allowed to add any more " to it At present , aperson having £ 10 , 000 stock in Ihreadnc-edit * alreet , receives it back again etcry twenty years

    : ! The naticD . il Oebt was one hundred and forty years old . Thftflrat lenders got five per cent , upon their loan : and , they to -whom they sold it also gets fiye per cent , bringing bsck tie originkl sum every twenty yiars ; so that what was borrowed one hundred and forty years -ago has been paid seven times aver ! and this too by a government borrowing money withoat the consent of the peopie . It was not until Henry VJII'ths time ihat there were no laws against usury ; so it appeared that if oeo Parliament made a law , it was not inviolable but that another nught alter it . In conclusion , with giowing animation Mr . O'Brien said , " AHheugh for wishing that a ruffian Parliament might turn to the ways of humanity , the laws of God , and the cause of common eeose / I have been Bent to Lancaster Castle . No Government , howerer , shall pat me down , nor

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    make me bend the knee at the shrine of Mammon . Cruel tyrants may prosecute , and base traitora be sei ^ t to corrupt , but virtue and . courage protect themselves ( Loud . eUeera ) My kind friends of Lancaster , fot 1 hb ^ e you will alloyr me to c all yon bo , jour ^ ct of this night sweeps away from iny mind t ^ o verdict of . the Jury , and obliterates f or evtr from my . heart the sorrow it occasioned-rdeep-seated joy is now beating there Instead ! for y ^ u . have , proved to me- thai , liberty is Iniperi » h »> le ;_ ami that each surrounding day shu is more loudly called upon ; until at last she will coine , rejoicipgly , tooyersji ^ dQW , oiir land witb her snow-white wings . ' /; Af We fcbankiug , tbe company , Mr . O'Brien sat down amidst deaf « ning , cheers and clapping of hands . Mr . John Harkisom moved the seconded tbe resolution : —' - : ¦ ' ' :- ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ..- .. - . " ¦

    41 It is the opinion of this meeting that the misery , destitution , poverty , and slavery endured by the Industrious millions of this country is caused by class legislation ; and the only eft ' ectu&l means of removing these evils from amongst us , is , bymakiDg the principles contiiineil in the People ' s Charter the law of the land ; and that tha thanks of this meeting are due , aad hereby given to Feargus O'Qonndr , Esq ., the dungeon-praof patriot , and all the other brave men who bare suffered imprisonment for advocating the the cause of the poor oppressed ; and we pledge ourselvos ' to givo them all the assistance fn our power until the principles of universal liberty bt firmly established as tbe iaws of the British nation . " Mr . Wm . Pothergill seconded it , and it was carried by acciaoimation .

    Mr . Beagley , delegate from Accrlngton , then spoke very effectively . He condemned tho Tories to perdition , and saiil that ho would rather go to the bottomless pit , to rake up oue of the vilest of its imps , to send into Parliament , sooner than vote for a Tory . No corrupt Government should eier put him down , for lie -. vouia stand up tho advocate of liberty , universal liberty , to bis last hour . He then ranged over the points of tbe Charter , with the principles of which the readers of tha Charter tire by this tiuie so familiar , that it is not necessary to follow tho wuvthy delegate . He was loudly cheered at tho conclusion , as well as frequently during his very excellent speech .

    Mr . O'lJr . iEN then arose , and most feelingly exhorted the ChartiBta not to be entrapped into overt acts , such us bad taken place at Nottingham and Bristol , through the infernal machinations of Government spies , who were sent out under the guise of friends , to lead the people into outrage , so that a pretext might be given for butchering them , whilst gagging bills , and other measures , were passed to enslave them . Thanks being given to Mr . Lund , for bis able conduct in the chair , the meeting broke up . The room throughout the proceedings was crowded almost to suffocation .

    Although lone confinement has evidently much debilitated Mr . O'Brien , the friends of tbe noble uncompromising patriot will be glad to hear that his spirits are as good as ever ; his courage is unsubdued -, his mind seemingly , if possible , more active ; and his determination to battle even unto death , until the People ' s Charter becomes the la-v of the land , indomitable . . Oh ! it is a glorious sight thus to behold the Heavencalled Jeadera of the people with renewed energies and resolution . Sir Robert has succeeded Lord Jolin . But let him turn away with indifference at the presentation cf the people ' s petition for the Charter , and his downfall from that moment is doomed ; and be end his party shall stink in the nostrils of men . From thence Tories and Toryism aro banished the Kingdom for ever , whilst their very names shall become a bye-word and scorn amongst men .

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    hare administered a . little wholesome advice to their dear friends , the middle classes , particularly some of the publicans , who reviled the Chartists , and applied to them all kinds ' of opprobrious epithets , making them thieves aad firebrarida . Ifc frevrever , they would come forward , and . . meet him , he would endeavour to . convince theni , t > 7 fair argument , that the Chartists were in the ; right ( Hear and cheers . ) He congratulated them on their noble position , aad hoped they were determined to join band in hand , and stand side by side until they obtained tbe Charter . ( Cheers . )

    ; Mr .-O'BaiEN , wbo-had only arrived a short time before , here came forward , evidently labouring nnder declining . 'health . He was received with tremendous cheer 3 , and addressed the assembly in very few words , exjttessive of his pleasure at meeting them ; Srst , because it was a proof that he waa not a prisoner ; second , because lie * a w . they were glad to , see him ; and thirdly ,, because he s&W y tefojre him so many happy faces—a sight to which ho . had long teen a stranger , as within ^ e ' aungepn walls tittle " were feV happy faces to be seen-. He . . rejoiced ia the opportunity which waa afforded to "h im of returning thanks for the excellent address which had been presented , and congratulated them oh the * noble position they bad in so short a time attained , and which he had" no ddnbt they would improve . He retired amidst cheers .

    Mr . WJi . GUIHBIB propesed that th « thanfca of the meeting be given to the joint friends of Manchester and Salford , for the assistance they bad given , and the at-Usntion they ha 4 . paid to the interests of the Eccles Chartists , since they had formed their Association . The resolution was , seconded by $ Ir . Shearer , and unanimously carried . Three times three hearty cheers were then given for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and , after a few observations from Mr . Bond , of Chester , thanks were proposed to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up .

    Mr . O'Connor , Mr , O'Brien , Mr . Benbow , and the Rev . Mr . Jackson , then entered an open carriage , which had been prepared for them by tho Manchester friends , and the procession having been formed , it proceeded , headed by the . Eodea band of -music , towards Manchester . The Eccies men had provided several banners , which were carried in the procession , tie men walking four abreast , and extending a considerable length . The curiosity of all classes on the road was very great , and the patriots were everywhere received with the greatest courtesy . ¦ Amongst the mottos on the Ecclea flags we noticed tbe following : — " More pigs and lesaparsoas . " " The People ' s Charter ; it ia built npon justice , aad . agaiDSt which the gat « 9 of hell and the world shall never prevail" , " Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and

    Equitable Adjustment ; " - And : en the obverse side—•• Repeal of the New Poor Law BUL " " Down , down with class legislation , Wherever it reigns it ' s a carse to the nation . " " For a nation to be free , it is sufficient that she wills it !" " Middle classes ! make common cause with the indus trious millions , and give freedom to your country . '' ' "• Equal rights and equal laws for all glasses . " " The memory of Enimett , and those who have died for tha cause . " " Fioat , Williams , and Jones must be free . "

    According to the arrangements of the Demonstration Committee , the Manchester procession formed in Stevenson ' s-square , where the different trades contributed their numbers towards the immense throng which moved by a route laid down by the marshals and under wbo ^ e direction they were led through the Crowded streets . About two o ' clock , the procession met the one from Ecclea at the Crescent , Salford . The scene was here almost withoat parallel in the history of Manchester " , both for d&nsenesa and enthusiasm . The depionstrators , on catching a glimpse of either Mr . O'Connor or Mr . O'Brien , wormed their way to the carriago as fosfc as they could ; and greeted the patriots with warm and fervid congratulations . Nor where the fair ones behind the sterner sex in their anxiety to tender

    their tribute of partiality , and respect , and confidence in the wearer of the suit of fustian , and his equally consistent compatriot O'Brien . ThS presentation of several young FeaTguai . 3 to the devoted leader , by their enthusiastic parents -was no less amusing than interesting ; and the congratulatory part of the business was con ' - siderably heightened by the oft repeated and cordial cheering which sprung from different parts of the Mancheater procession . The procesaiona having united , they proceeded on thoir prescribed route towards Man-Chester ; and in its progress , was like a SHowball , which gathered by its motion , until the numbers were

    to us absolutely incalculable , and its length may be imagined when we state that it occupied twenty-five minutes in passing a certain point , a great number of vehicles bringing up the rear . It was indeed a noble sight to behold ; and worthy of such a cause . Even the balconies , turrets , windows , and house-topa were all crowded with persons anxious to satisfy themselves of the bonajide existence of the patriots , after so long-a period of incarceration in gloomy dungeons ; and as the tributary applauses reached the ears of those gentlemen in the carriage , Mr . 0 'C # nnor , ia his usual courteous manner , acknowledged the complimeut very frequently , with

    "A spirit yet unquelled and hi gh , That claims and keeps asceadeacy . " -The procession moved along Sa'ford , over Victoriabridge , by the Exchange , up Market-street , through Piccadilly , London-road , up Travta-stre 6 t , down Ancotes-lane , and Lever-street , into Stevenson ' s-square . Of the number of those amongst the flags and emblems borne by the " blistered hands , " wero the following : Emblem of unity—A bundle of sticks . ' Three national flags—The Imp , rose , and thistle . A green silk banner of the calico printers , bearing the motto , " Union is strength ;" Reverse : — " United we stand : divid ed we falL " : Another green silk flag : — - - Motto ,- — " Labour is the source of all wealth . " Beneath which was painted , The rose , shamrock , and thistle . Ro verso side : — "Liberty and equality

    Large green silk banner , bearing the bricklayer ' s coat of arms . Bricklayers four-a-breast Another large and splendid banner representing a man falling from a scaffolding of a building , over which was written " The accidental burial society . " The Chorlton-upon-Medlock Band . White flag— " May they who make the chains of slavery ever want employment , '' surmounted by a cap of liberty . Men fonr-a-breast Splendid green silk velvet banner , white border , " Fustian cutters , " large gold letters . Motto— " Improvement association ; United we conquer , divided we fall . '' A stage was erected upon a cart to bear this banner . Lar ^ e green aSk flag—¦

    " For a nation to fce free it is sufficient that s ! ie wills it . " Splendid highly-executed painting , representing the three Welsh Patriots in full length , bearing th « ir names in gold letters . . Reverse , the Six Points of the Charter . Large scarlet flag of the Royal Arms of England . A blue banner o £ the operative dyers of Salford and Manchester , and their coats of arms . Beautiful green silk flag , gold letters , —National Charter Association . This was succeeded by an elegant flig from Glossop , bearing the following inscription : — "" The Charter , the bul wai-Ji of English liberty . " ' . ' ' On the reverse : — " Freedom ' s battle once begun , Bequeathed from "b leeding sire to son , Though bafiled oft , is ever won . "

    Blue silk banner , carried in a cart , " Prosperity to the productive classes , the foundation ¦ of a nation's greatness . " Ancient Foresters' band . . Banner— " Frost , Vi ' illiams , and Jones . " Reverse— "Universal Sufh' . -a ^ e , Annual Parliaments , and Vote by Ballot . " Men—four abreast . Droylsden band . Green silk banner , bearing the Six Points of the Charter upon it A large white banner— " Welcome to the patriots ; may they see the sons of industry prosperous and free " On- tue reverse— " Universal Suflrage and the oiher points of the Charter . " A variety of small baime-rs . Manchester concert band . A young Feargua on horsebauk , currying a saall fcg ,

    with the names o : Feargus O'Connor , Frost , and other patriots . Large flag , commemorating the deeds at Peterloo . : A splendid oirpainting of Feargus O'Connor ,- with Henry HuuS pointing from the clouds , and giviDg him the following charge"Welcome , Fturgus ! thou hast been found faithful ; now leaii my people on to victory . " Rover es— " National Charter Association . " hvixge banner . Motto— ' Universal Sufijaga and no surrender . " Reverse— "We have set our lives upon the cast ; and we -will stand the iiszanl cf the uie . " Large green fljg . Motto— " The husbandman that labonreth shall be flat - partaktr of the fruits ; an > i he that will not

    Vfork neither shall he eat The Charter and no surrender . " Ke 7 erser— " Down with every faction that is opposed to Uie rights and liberties of the people . " Here followed a variety of small flags and banners , bearing appropriate inscriptions . " : Flag— " More pigs and less parsons . " Large highly finished oil painting of Bronterre O'Brien , with bis name in letters of gold , represented sitting in his library , with *• The Poor Man ' s Guardian" in his baud . On the reverse was— " I cling to this transitory life only through my love of country and my thirst fer justice . Tue wore eager tha monster to terminate my career h * * below , the stronger do I feel tbe necessity of filling np every hour that remains to me with actions b « - ful to my fellow cieaturea . " ¦ ( Conib . Kcd in cur seventh page . )

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    GRAND CHAETIST DEMONSTRATIONS . O'CONNOR AT MANCHESTER . In tho last tveck ' s Star wo reported at great length the interesting proceedings of tho Chartists of Binninghym in doing honour to tho man of the people ' s choice—Ftiargus O'Councr . This week we Inve a repetition of his triumphant progress , if possible , on a nreatly extended scaie at Manchester ; in fact , the oldest man living remembers not a Bceneeven in that important town equal to what waa presented on Monday last . In proceeding to narrate tho occuirenccB of the day we must begin at tho beginning , and not omit duo honour to even a country village , occupying , as it did on that day , the post of pioneer to one of the moat glorious demonstrations ever held ; and proceeding thus , wo first notice the

    PUBLIC BREAKFAST AT ECCLES . Mr . O'Connor was met at Eccles at ten o'clock in the morning , at which place he arrived by railway-train , by hundreds of tho brave lads of that village . The bridge at the railway station was crowded to excess , and no sooner was the wellknown form of the noble patriot recognised , than a shou ; which rent the air was raised ; tha cheemg was continued throughout his eutiro route to the Hare aud Houxds 2 nu , in the most enthusiastic mau )> cv , and it was indeed a sight calculated to inspire tho coldest heart , when O'Connor , surrounded by a host of the recently liberated patriots , was hailed as the htad of all . A 11 t-xcellent band of music was in attendance which struck up tho air , " See tho conquering hero comes , " and tho whole mass formed into procession , accompanied by the banners and music .

    The breakfast was provided by Mr . Catterall , tho worthy host of the Karoand Houtid 3 , upon whomH r > fleeted not only credit but absolute honour . It was a most substantial repast , and was served up in a style , which fow even of the first-rate houses could excel , and all without the slightest confusion . The Lumber of tickets sold amounted to nearly two hundred and tho discussion of the good things occupied tho party nearly two hours . Daring this time , the band paraded tho vilhgo , and a commodious hustings having been erected , thou « ands were assembled to hear O'Connor's address . It had rained heavily duriug the night , but tho day was beautifully fine aud the scene exhilarating .

    Mr . O'Brien arrived at half-past eleven o'clock by the train from Preston ; tbe appearance of the " sohoolmaster" once more " abroad , " called forth renewed plaudits . We were sorry to observe that he was in a very delicate state of health , and had a care-worn appearance ; his spirit , however , is unbroken , and his scholars aro threatened with the terrors of his tongue , if they do riot progress rapidly in thoir education . Tho fault will be none of his , if they do not inow how to agitate for their rights . At twelve o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor and th 9 other patriots , accompanied tho -Eccle 3 Chartists to the hustings , and Mr . Wm . Morris was unanimously called to the chair .

    The Chairman said ho would not detain them from the pleasure of hearing tho addresses of those patriots who vrere about to speak , further than to congratulate them upon the glorious rise and progress of the principles of Chartiam in Eccles , and on ti ^ numbers then assembled in honour of tho brave O'Connor and his worthy compatriots . Mr . George Lindsay said he was happy to have the opportunity of meeting so goodly an assembly as he saw before him on- the present occasion , when they were met to do honour to those who bad sacrificed their liberty in defence of their principles—principles which he hoped all present were determined to assist in cirryingout . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He regretted his inability to do justice to the merits of

    those brave , those uoble patriots , by whom he was surrounded ; but though ho was at a loss for words to express his feelingB , be would yield to no man in zeal and determination in tlia promotion of that cause in which they were engaged , and in the eucctss of which they all felt ao warm an intereat . ( Cheers . ) He hoped that all would seo the propriety of uniting heart and hand in encouraging those who had suffered persecution and prosecution for the sake of the cause ; and that they would come forward and lend a willing hand in obtaining the Charter . ( Cheers . ) They would then have no cause for further agitation—the way would be paved for good government , and equal justico to each and to all .. An address bad been prepared to present to the patriots , the adoption of which bo bad gnat treasure in raovi&g , aud which he read , tin follows : —

    Most > odle and undaunted Patriots , —We , the Chartists o iEwies . and surrounding dist < icts , meet you on tha present important occasion with hearts fall of gratitude and esteem for fcaving the morel courage to bravo storma and pemcir . ions cf WLig tyranny , with that spirit of fortitude , z » -al , and determination , which becomts you aa honest and disinterested philanthropists . It is not our intention of pointing out the many proofs of } our sincerity and attachment in advocating cL'O cause of suffering humanity , which is apparent to

    every lov&r of hi 3 species , and which would take vo ! ume 3 to do justice to your worth . Suffice it to say , that you have nobly and manfully defended our rights , and for so doing , have suffered Whig vengeance and parsecutiou unparalleled in the history of this out oppressed country . Whiie your bodies were entombed in the loathsome and siient dungeon , your spirits soared alofi to csuimune with those of former ages , in order to restore peace and comfort to the influstrionB peasant , andwres ; from our tyrants' grasp those rights and privileges which God gave to man in the beginning , as a punishment for his disobedience .

    Yes ! noble patriots , yuu bave sacrificed eveiytbing dear to your physical enjoyments iu the search after comforts to the human family ; but , tbank God ! yon aro now amongst us once mora , to cheer us on in the gnod work of human redemption . Ws , therefore , heartily congratulate you on you return to breathe the fresh air of heaven ; hoping you will live to erjoy many happy days under the Charter tree of liberty , and sincerely thanking you for your past services , having full confidence in your future course , wo are determined , at all hasarda , to give you our un-

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    divided support in all your constitutional endeavours , until the whole Charter , and nothing leu than the Charter , crowns us with success- : '; .. , ' ¦ :,.. ,-f .- - .. - ¦ . We remain / ; - ¦ ¦ . - ; . ¦ - . ¦ . ' . - ¦ ¦¦ - , -.,.. ¦ - „• ¦¦ NoWePafefiMa , ¦ Yours , in the causefcf freedom , .. -. - -Iq behalf of tot * National Charter Association ; ' '' --i ¦ ¦' * -i ( Signed ) - > Geobge-Li 2 « i > siY ; , :. - ; Ai' [ ' . •;¦ : '! ;; -r .:- - > .. *< . : ¦• ' .-: . ; ,. Sub-Secretary . ' The address was beautifully written on nxt embossed sheet of paper , and was neatly edged , with creen ribbon and decoroted . with ibe . portraits , of O'Connor and O'Brien , ,. ' . - -.,- - , -j ( , " . . ¦ ¦ -. .. . , , . . . . .. ' ¦ ' ... ' - ' ' Mr . David m 6 b . RI 3 , 6 n ia ifew words , seconded the fcddreas , which was put by tae Chairman ,. and carried unanimously amidst treint ; n'ioas cljettring , . - ¦ The , Chairman said th&t . f ; eargua . O'Connor , the . celebrated advocate of the people ' s rights and popular liberty , weulU next address the meeting . ; . ' / '

    Mr . O'Connor ,, in coming forward , was received with enthusiastic cheering . On . its subsiding , he Sftiil , Mr . Chairman and brother Chartists of . Eccles , 1 tliiuk I now stand in a better position than does rfirKubart Peel , the -Prime--Minister of England . ( Hear . ) He is only a quack called in by 11 faction to cure their disorders ; but I stand here with my diploma —[ exhibiting the Eccles address]—and called in by tho men of Eccles to cure ' theiv disorders . ¦ ( Laughter . ) - Now , without Baying one word about the sacrifices which I have made , as ' stated ifl the address , which I deny ; but if I bad , tbe expressions in this document is my best reward . ( Hear ., } When I came amongst-yon ' at * &rat , I found very fow adults advocating the principles of the Charter , but that you were split into sections and

    factions ; but what did I find thus morning?—not only tho congregation of men grown grey in the good cause , but a youth , a mere stripplinc : ; addressing you upon the principles of democracy . ( Hear . ) I listened to a portion of his observations with some interest ; and to one thing I beg to differ , which was , that when the Charter became the law of the land , that we should have neither standing army , nor police . Now » when the Charter is passed , every man will become a sort of national soldier , and the sons of placemen and statesmen would receive promotion acaccording to their merits—( htnr ) , —and that policemen would be the first to promote the psaco of tlieir country instead of breaking it . ( Hear , hear . ) It is one of the tactics of a good general , before he stonas a

    garrison , to get possession of the outposts ; and really , if Manchester was backward in the good cause , which , tbank G-od , is r . ot the case , why , 1 should certainly take it from the Ecclta side , and fall back upon sume . of the other villages near thereabouts . ( Cheering . ) In those villages fortunately for us the enemy has not got so valuable a footing even with tho aid of their splendid houses . Thero are plenty of huts ; and may be they wili pass into one of those huts , aud from thence into the workhouse yet ( Laughter and hear . ) But they begin to smell a rat They havo no objections to tiie Charter . ( Hear . ) " OU no , " they say , '' we bave no objection to the Charter , not we , indeed , provided we can derive moio benefit from the working classes , than by means of the Charter . " ( Hear , hear , and That's

    true . ) Tho working classes bave now bten robbed by both the Whig and Tory factions ; and the working people nosFComu forward and say , " all that we want is , to Ibt all classta iiye honestly and at peace . " ( Much cheering ) Wts do no : want war—we do not dosira bloodshed—we do not threaten violence . All that we want ia Universal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) Yet , those whose rights we -wish to share , would , after all , have recourse to physical force rather than yield up any of their monopoly . They have thrown you upon your ewn resources ; ' and I suppose the workhouse 13 the ntxt tMng . ( Tluar . ) They have picked tho boneB ami then they s . iy th : vt the Chartists may come iu aud pick them—just a tiny after the fair . ( Laughter . ) Gud ha 3 left us sufficient for our wants , if all of you had what

    belongs to you , I me . in common justice and honesty ; and in advocating which , there are not many who have suffered moro than myself . ( No , no . ) But we must all be brtf . I havo got to speak again to day ; 1 have also to a < 1 t' ' . ' : the people of Manchester , Leeds ; and Sheffield ; :. ud therefore I'd better save my Dreath to coul my jiorridgo with there . ( Laughter ) Besides , there are (/ Ju .-rs who wish tj say something to you , in nspect » r tile- address . As for myself , the assembly I see befot . :.: e , will , if I have been at all short , propel mo to grater exertions . I advise you to look to tae corn and the chnff , and to get rid of the chnffas booh as rn'iy be . You all know about slippery Bobby . Weii ; now , we would not take tbe Russell purge , and I am sure you will never swallow the Peel elix i r . ( Caeers

    aBd Jaugbter . ) When 1 was in tho House of Commons this other day , I thought I never saw such a set—regular nincompoops—considerably worse than those who sat in the House when I vm a member . ( Hear . ) Peel knows very well that although he may bully the Whigs ; that it is of 110 use bullying us . We are noi made of that sort of stuff . It is a remarkable lact , and to the credit cf tbo Chartists be it spoken , that out of nearly 5 ot » persons incarcerated by the Whigs for advocating the People ' s Charter , we bave not had a r ' ib ^ o traitor Will notthis convince them of the righteousness of our cause . But we see plenty of traitors both amongst the Tory and Whig factions —( henr)—yes , W-iklcy , tbe Cironer , has turned traitor . We Cnartists do not intend to commit suicide , so that we shall ' not want tbe

    services of Mr . Wakley for an inkiest ; but both tho Whig and Tory factions may commit stlf destruction and therefore may require Wakley , tha Coroner . ( Applause and hear . ) We have turned out the Whig 3 , and the Tories have succeeded thorn until wo bave an opportunity of turning them cut also . ( Hear . ) Our struggle is the cause of the suffering millions—it i 3 the cause of right against might ; it is the causa of tbe blistered hands , the fustian jackets , and the unshorn china . ( Cheera . ) Yeu have only to be determined—to be united—and the Charter is ours . What man dare do lor yonr canae , 1 dara ; I cannot say more ; and wherever you go , I will go with you . ( Hear , htar . ) That I suppose i 8 all you want , and I will go for whatever you want . We want the Charter for every male of sound mind , at the age of 21 . Tuis ia what

    we want , and we will not give way one siagle inch . United , together we stand—divided we fall . ( Cheers . ) My brother Chartists , thoro aro other individuals named in the addn . ss , and therefore I must retire and make room for them . So my friends , Ijuust conclude ; but before doing so I must again congratulate you that we havo defeated the Whigs , and we have now got our feet upon them . ( Hear , and hurrah . ) Wo have provided their coffins and laid them decently in ; at auy rate they cannot now get into our pockets . ( Hear and laughter . ) But mind what I say ; the Chartists will also put down the Tories . We will th * n put them untler tke Whigs , and if the weight of tha Whigs won't keep even the d—1 down , why then I am 110 judge . ( Much laughter , which was succeeded by reiterated hurrahs , amidst which Mr . O'Counjr retired .

    Mr . Bex bow waa received with loud cheers . He thanked them cordially for the proof of their affection conveyed in tha address which hud been just read , and hoped evur to m ' - rit their confidence . Iu the course of a few brief but excellent observations , Mr . Beabow contrasted tho condition of the mass * f the people with tbat of their oppreasurs , and ably exposed the iniquity of class legislation , to the existence of which tbo evil was n-. uinly to ba ascribed . The rich oppressor enjoyed everything in abundance , while the poor oppressed , who toiled & : * . J produced everything , were clothed with rags , nud were on the very verge of starvation . But the day was nut far distant when Englishmen would be free . They had already been taught how they were to obtain tbeir liberties , aBd , with G-od'd blessing on the means , they would not loi ; g be deprived of their eajojment . ( Cuetrs . ) If tho working classes wero not happy it was their own faults ; they alono wer 9 to blame if they became indifferent to their own lights

    and liberties . He should be ashamed of them if they did not work out their own political redemption . ( Cheera . ) The time was not distant when they must have a national holiday ; but it must bo generiil , not partial . It must not be aione a holiday at -Manchester ; uid EccIm . but throughout the whole laud , from the centre even to the circumference . Their h&nour as well as their happiness was involved in the is 3 ua , and he called on them to mako thair voices heard . Ho asked them if they were prepared to go with him , to heip him b y the sacrifice of one day to gain the Charter of universal liberty . If they wore delermiued , so was he , but he would not work with a traitor ; they must havo none of them . If they were willing to help him in this , he called upon them to hold up their hands . ( A forest of " blisters' , ' was at onco elevated . ) He thanked them for that ; he sincerely and hwartily thauked them not only for the addrtss which they had presented to him , but for their determination to ba free . Mr . Benbow retired amidst loud cheew .

    The Hbv . Mr . Jackson , of Manchester , wa 3 next announced , and was received with great cheering . He said tfcttf along with the preceding rpeakers he thar , ked them cordially aud sincerely for the address in which ir . H Eaaio was associated . He agreed wi' . h his friend Banbow in the propriety of a general national holiday , and liopii ! they tvould never ct * so their agitation till tho Cbvter became the law of the laud . Tha greatest enemies against which they lind to contend were the ministers oi' the Gospel ;—( hear , hear , )—and to bring them to , he advised tnem to stop t : ; e supplies , and they would soon either be driven lrom their pulpits , or be led to join the rauks of t ); e people . ( Hear , hear . ) He called upon them to uuite as oi :. ; man . He had come cut to advocate tliu Charter , and ha was prepared , if necessary , to lay uo-rvn his life in the cause . The speaker retired amidst great cheering . Mr . John Bakk . ee coruiaUy thanked them for ineluding his name iu the list of patriots . :

    Mr . Whbsleb , tls * aged veteran of Manchester , returned thanks on behalf of his son-in-law , John Livesey , who , though present was so Tery modest that he dare not show his face . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) Mr . David MoniusoN , after a few brief remarks proposed the following resolution : " That this meeticg is of opinion that justice will never ba done to this conntry until the whole people be faithfully represented in the Commons' House of Parliament ; " aad that we pkdge ourselves never to cease agitating in the glorious work we haye begun until our exertions have been crowned with success , by the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter becoming the law of the land . " Mr . Sheaeer seconded the resolution , and said , that had there been more , time be bad intended to

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct399/page/6/